Natalie Portman surprises fans after beefing up for ‘Thor 4’

Actress Natalie Portman attends the 2019 LA Dance Project Gala, Cocktail Hour Hosted by Dom Pérignon at Hauser & Wirth on October 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Image: Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Dom Pérignon/AFP

With the fourth Thor movie underway, fans recently got a glimpse of the stars on set — and were impressed by Natalie Portman’s transformation as the Norse god.

“Thor: Love and Thunder” has been in production since January in Australia. Photos from the Daily Mail, released last Friday, March 5, show Portman returning as astrophysicist Jane Foster.

The actress is seen covered in a hoodie and a denim jacket, and appears to be in a scene where she is floating.

Our first look of Natalie Portman reprising her role as Jane Foster aka The Mighty Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder

(via Daily Mail) pic.twitter.com/m1xHj7vkJa

— Thor Updates (@ThorUpdate) March 5, 2021

Though those photos must have been exciting for fans who are awaiting Thor’s return in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Portman drew reactions when the jackets were off and her buff arms were exposed.

Some more pictures of Natalie Portman as Jane Foster on the set of Thor: Love and Thunder from the other day

(photos from @nportmanbr) pic.twitter.com/oI45GN2CMT

— Thor Updates (@ThorUpdate) March 6, 2021

“Ladies and gentlemen, jacked Natalie Portman,” wrote @Geniusbastard on Twitter.

Ladies and gentlemen, jacked Natalie Portman. https://t.co/5WZdmYbFJe

— Brandon Wilson (@Geniusbastard) March 7, 2021

“Buff Natalie Portman is giving me feelings I never knew I’d get from her,” admitted @lafpxl.

“Dang Natalie Portman been hitting the weights big time!” exclaimed @CosmicWarren13.

It seems that getting shredded is only fair, given that Jane in the “Mighty Thor” comics had muscular arms.

Natalie Portman really just said Mighty Thor comic accuracy pic.twitter.com/iaVN3YOtAy

— Ian | c0mms OPEN (@RUDEB0YART) March 6, 2021

Portman must be grateful for the results, especially after the painful regimen she went through.

“Yes I am training. I’m in so much pain. Like I’m not good at this,” she said on the talk show “Watch What Happens Live” last October.

“I am an almost 40-year-old mother of two. It is a different scenario trying to get jacked,” she admitted. “I can’t get up, I can’t sit down. It’s a different situation.”

“Thor: Love and Thunder,” directed by Taika Waititi, will see Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson back as Thor and Valkyrie. It is set for release in 2022. Niña V. Guno/JB

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